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Last month Mr Usmanov was reported to have been considering buying League One Charlton Athletic but his press office subsequently issued an official comment denying such suggestions report the Liverpool Echo.

However, the 65-year-old has a long-standing association with Mr Moshiri who last month increased his own stake in Everton to become the club’s majority shareholder.

Everton's majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri

The pair invested in Arsenal together through Red and White Holdings while one of Mr Usmanov’s companies USM already sponsors the Blues Finch Farm training complex in Halewood.

Speaking to television channel, Russia 1, Mr Usmanov said: “Everton is still far from where it should be, but I could also help the club.

“It belongs to my friend after all!

“I could become a stakeholder... It would depend on a number of nuances.